I just had a huge realization. If steemit works for everyone the way it works for me, we will see a dramatic increase in valuable content generated. In my last post I already emphasized how much joy I get from posting about the things I think are interesting, but this morning it really hit me. The user experience on facebook for me is sooooo different from what I experience here and it makes me behave in a completely different way.
On facebook I was always weary about my privacy, not really into sharing long posts about things that I actually cared about. I mostly shared links of articles I found interesting, without taking the effort to elaborate my thoughts around it. I commented once in a while, usually a funny sneer or ironic statement regarding the state of the world.
How different are things on steemit. I am thinking again. Thinking about the things I find important, that I find interesting, and that I want to share. I am joyful and hopeful that this revolution will spread throughout society, so that we can see the rise of a generation of people happy to share, because their sharing is valued by the community.
To drive this point home, I made a chart of the amount of words I posted on both platforms.
I joined steemit on July 13th, only 16 days ago. But I already posted almost 6 times more than I did on facebook since January 1st. I only had one long post on facebook in early June, withouth that, the numbers would have been crushing, pretty much a horizontal blue line and a red spike starting just over two weeks ago. I haven't plotted reddit, where I posted a little more than on facebook, around 3500 words since the beginning of the year. Still, steemit is around 3x that amount in a mere 16 days. So my enthusiasm is supported by the numbers. :)
I can't wait to see where this is going.
